Marine Le Pen has called for a ‘renaissance for France‘ in her presidential campaign speech, the day after violent protest broke out once more across the country.
Earlier today, the police announced 1,314 people had been arrested in weekend protests across France, with 53 officers hurt in the clashes.
The National Rally leader has been using the clashes to fuel her campaign to be France’s next president in April, accusing current authorities of being soft on violent protesters and lacking authority.
Current polling shows the hard-Right politician is in the running to push out Emmanuel Macron‘s centrist government.
Addressing 10,000 members of her party
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